f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_asm_policy_server_technology – Manages Server Technology on an ASM policy

Note

This plugin is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.9.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install f5networks.f5_modules.

To use it in a playbook, specify: f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_asm_policy_server_technology.

New in version 1.0.0: of f5networks.f5_modules

Synopsis

• Manages Server Technology on ASM policies.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
name string / required		Choices: jQuery Java Servlets/JSP ASP WebDAV IIS Front Page Server Extensions (FPSE) ASP.NET Microsoft Windows Unix/Linux Macromedia ColdFusion WordPress Apache Tomcat Apache/NCSA HTTP Server Outlook Web Access PHP Microsoft SQL Server Oracle MySQL Lotus Domino BEA Systems WebLogic Server Macromedia JRun Novell Cisco SSI (Server Side Includes) Proxy Servers CGI Sybase/ASE IBM DB2 PostgreSQL XML Apache Struts Elasticsearch JBoss Citrix Node.js Django MongoDB Ruby JavaServer Faces (JSF) Joomla Jetty	Specifies the name of the server technology to apply on, or remove from, the ASM policy.
partition string		Default: "Common"	This parameter is only used when identifying an ASM policy.
policy_name string / required			Specifies the name of an existing ASM policy to add or remove a server technology to.
provider dictionary added in 1.0.0 of f5networks.f5_modules			A dict object containing connection details.
	auth_provider string		Configures the auth provider for to obtain authentication tokens from the remote device. This option is really used when working with BIG-IQ devices.
	no_f5_teem boolean	Choices: no yes	If yes, TEEM telemetry data is not sent to F5. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_TEEM.
	password string / required		The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_PASSWORD. aliases: pass, pwd
	server string / required		The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER.
	server_port integer	Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT.
	timeout integer		Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
	transport string	Choices: rest ←	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
	user string / required		The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_USER.
	validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If no, SSL certificates are not validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS.
state string		Choices: present ← absent	When present, ensures the resource exists. When absent, ensures the resource is removed.

Notes

Note

• This module is primarily used as a component of configuring an ASM policy in Ansible Galaxy ASM Policy Role.

• Requires BIG-IP >= 13.0.0

• For more information on using Ansible to manage F5 Networks devices see https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/f5.

• Requires BIG-IP software version >= 12.

• The F5 modules only manipulate the running configuration of the F5 product. To ensure that BIG-IP specific configuration persists to disk, be sure to include at least one task that uses the f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_config module to save the running configuration. Refer to the module’s documentation for the correct usage of the module to save your running configuration.

Examples

- name: Add Server Technology to ASM Policy
  bigip_asm_policy_server_technology:
    name: Joomla
    policy_name: FooPolicy
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: Remove Server Technology from ASM Policy
  bigip_asm_policy_server_technology:
    name: Joomla
    policy_name: FooPolicy
    state: absent
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
name string	changed	The name of Server Technology added/removed on the ASM policy Sample: Joomla
policy_name string	changed	The name of the ASM policy Sample: FooPolicy

Authors

• Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)